Popular Guitar and Voice Basics I

Applied musicianship:

• singing melody by ear while accompanying self on guitar
• playing repertoire from beginning to end without stopping
• demonstrating duple and triple meters clearly in repertoire
• creating introductions and clear endings in assigned repertoire
• sight singing a vocal melody from a lead sheet
• performing repertoire by memory: a minimum of ten assigned songs: lyrics, melody, harmony
• understanding and playing basic chord progressions
• transposing the following progressions to a variety of keys as determined by the instructor: I - ii (or II) - V7, I - IV - V7, I - vi - ii - V7
• recognizing the above-listed progressions within songs
• transposing songs to appropriate keys
• modulating within songs
• introduction to improvisation 

Guitar-related:

• producing a clear tone 
• understanding the importance of hand position
• playing notes up to the 5th fret
• playing open-position guitar chords
• strumming patterns with root-note emphasis
• fingerpicking patterns (basic)
• using plectrum
• tuning guitar by interval
• changing guitar strings independently

Other:

• acquiring healthy vocal technique and posture while playing guitar
• recognizing effect of self on others in a social setting: body language, proximity, eye contact, and other aspects of non-verbal communication